fiber switch for gig

["Andrew Staples" <andrews () ltinet net>]

Speaking of running gig long distances, does anyone on the list have
suggestions on a >8 port L2 switch with fiber ports based on personal
experience?  Lots of 48 port gig switches have 2-4 fiber uplink ports, but
this means daisy-chains instead of hub/spoke.  Looking for a central switch
for a star topography to home fiber runs that is cost effective and works.

Considering:
DLink DXS-3326GSR
NetGear GSM7312
Foundry SX-FI12GM-4
Zyxel GS-4012F

I realize not all these switches are IEEE 802.3ae, Clause 49 or IEEE 802.3aq
capable.

Andrew

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 5:06 PM
To: Michael Loftis
Cc: frank () dticonsulting com; michael.dillon () bt com; nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: cooling door

On Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:48:47 MDT, Michael Loftis said:

> Yeah except in a lot of areas there is no MAN, and the ILECs want to 
> bend you over for any data access.  I've no idea how well the MAN idea 
> is coming along in various areas, but you still have to pay for access 
> to it somehow, and that adds to overhead.  Which leads to attempt 
> efficiency gains through centralization and increased density.

I doubt we'll ever see the day when running gigabit across town becomes cost
effective when compared to running gigabit to the other end of your server
room/cage/whatever.